Pregnant Women Diet Quality and Its Sociodemographic Determinants in Southwestern Bangladesh

Prevalence of Anaemia and Its Epidemiological Determinants in Pregnant Women

Background: Nutritional anaemia in pregnant women is one of the India’s major public health problems, despite the fact that this problem is largely preventable & easily treatable. Objectives: 1.To determine the prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women. 2. To assess the epidemiological determinants of anaemia in pregnancy. Methodology: A descriptive case series study was conducted among the pregn...

Associations between Diet and Toenail Arsenic Concentration among Pregnant Women in Bangladesh: A Prospective Study

This prospective study evaluated the relationship between long-term dietary habits and total arsenic (As) concentration in toenail clippings in a cohort of 1616 pregnant women in the Bangladeshi administrative regions of Sirajdikhan and Pabna Sadar. Diet was assessed at Gestation Week 28 and at Postpartum Month 1, using a locally-validated dish-based semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnai...

Sociodemographic determinants of diet quality of the EU elderly: a comparative analysis in four countries.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the sociodemographic determinants of diet quality of the elderly in four EU countries. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. For each country, a regression was performed of a multidimensional index of dietary quality v. sociodemographic variables. SETTING In Finland, Finnish Household Budget Survey (1998 and 2006); in Sweden, SNAC-K (2001-2004); in the UK, Expenditure & Foo...

Determinants of the use of skilled birth attendants at delivery by pregnant women in Bangladesh

Determinants of diet quality.

BACKGROUND An unbalanced diet is a main risk factor for several chronic diseases. This paper identifies groups of individuals with an unbalanced diet based on the consumption of nutrients. A characterisation of the groups may help to focus efforts aimed at improving the dietary behaviour of the population. METHODS Using nutritional data of 1763 men and 2267 women participating in the German N...